Hypernyms for "sound"
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babble
bang
beat
beep
bell
birr
blare
bleep
blow
bombilate
bombilation
bombinate
bombination
bong
boom
boom out
bubble
burble
buzz
cackel
chatter
chime
chink
chirk
chirp
chirrup
chorus
chug
clang
clangor
clangour
clank
claxon
click
click-clack
clink
clip-clop
clippety-clop
clop
clopping
clump
clumping
clunk
clunking
consonant
crack
crash
cry
din
ding
dissonance
dissonate
drip
dripping
drone
drum
drum roll
drumbeat
dub
echo
euphony
footfall
footstep
gargle
glide
glug
gong
grumble
guggle
gurgle
honk
hum
jangle
jingle
knell
knock
knocking
lap
make noise
murmur
murmuration
murmuring
music
mussitation
mutter
muttering
narrow
noise
noisiness
orinasal
orinasal phone
paradiddle
pat
patter
peal
pealing
phoneme
pierce
ping
pink
pitter-patter
play
plunk
pop
popping
prepare
pure tone
purr
quack
quaver
racket
racketiness
rap
rataplan
rattle
resonate
resound
reverberate
ring
ringing
ripple
roll
rolling
rub-a-dub
rumble
rustle
semivowel
sigh
sing
skirl
slosh
slush
snap
snarl
sonant
song
speak
splash
splat
splosh
squelch
step
strum
susurration
susurrus
swish
swoosh
swosh
tap
tapping
throbbing
thrum
thud
thump
thumping
thunk
tick
ticking
ticktack
ticktock
ting
tink
tinkle
tintinnabulation
toll
tone
toot
tootle
trample
trampling
trump
twang
tweet
twirp
twitter
ultrasound
unison
vibrate
vibrato
voice
voiced sound
vowel
vowel sound
vroom
waver
whack
whir
whirr
whirring
whish
whistle
whistling
whiz
whizz
zing
zizz
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.